tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post8700328480934686337..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: The Human Birdwatcher Project Presents: Sketchy Birders Part ISeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-74890881284817995432010-12-17T13:17:51.451-08:002010-12-17T13:17:51.451-08:00I should probably start telling random birders &qu...I should probably start telling random birders "yeah, I saw a frigatebird this morning. In fact its sitting on me right now"...which would be true, since there is one permanently engraved onto my leg..Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-72822569091067658132010-12-17T13:00:30.555-08:002010-12-17T13:00:30.555-08:00I don't know what you're talking about, bu...I don't know what you're talking about, but there's an entire flock of frigatebirds circling over my house right now.Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-32157972713269078362010-12-17T12:28:39.753-08:002010-12-17T12:28:39.753-08:00Misidentifying frigatebirds....talk about embarras...Misidentifying frigatebirds....talk about embarrassing...Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-86989263773046859302010-12-17T09:00:08.469-08:002010-12-17T09:00:08.469-08:00SO true. As a professed total-crap pretty-much-non...SO true. As a professed total-crap pretty-much-non-birder, I did enjoy when a friend (and former professor and former SD Audubon president) of mine years ago listened to me relate the story of someone (birder) who swore he'd seen a frigate bird seen soaring over the Point Loma peninsula in San Diego. "Prof" asked who it was. I told him. He looked at me and said in his best professorial voice: "He's full of shit. Always has been. Nobody trusts anything he says." Ah. Tell me how you really feel (part of what I loved about that guy). So, I did NOT count it as a bird on the peninsula virtual-list-in-my-head. =)<br /><br />And another birder is trusted 100% to species identification and not at all re: number (for CBC, etc.).biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-8470907099636425502010-12-16T16:33:26.978-08:002010-12-16T16:33:26.978-08:00Ive yet to hang out with another self-confessed bi...Ive yet to hang out with another self-confessed bird blogger. I don't know if I could handle our combined nerd-powers.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-3634377078122943702010-12-16T16:23:40.291-08:002010-12-16T16:23:40.291-08:00I've said too much. Clearly I need to go unde...I've said too much. Clearly I need to go underground or something.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649782420633788927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-91323284564445241932010-12-16T15:56:00.743-08:002010-12-16T15:56:00.743-08:00I, for one, have no idea what Nate is talking abou...I, for one, have no idea what Nate is talking about.<br /><br />I do know that we have some birders in the New York area that are legendary for their reports...coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647003656628845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-270515027338466972010-12-16T14:17:42.293-08:002010-12-16T14:17:42.293-08:00If you think birders are bad gossips, you should s...If you think birders are bad gossips, you should see bird bloggers when they get together. <br /><br />Pan. D. Monium. <br /><br />At least that's what I've heard...Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649782420633788927noreply@blogger.com